On a cloudy day, the sun spilled from above the sinkhole, covering the entire Yuque Palace.

In Tianyang Palace, from the bricks and beams to the floor tiles, they shine in the light of the cloudy sun. On the main hall, there is a jade furnace made of white and green jade with clear white and green background, and the green is bright on the white background, and the green is very bright on the white background.

There was silence above the main hall, and the three fox ghosts were secretly surprised by the magnificence of the Tianyang Palace in front of them. This palace with a history of tens of thousands of years made by the ancient gods is enough to be described as breathtaking.

The three fox ghosts couldn't imagine how the ancient gods obtained these jade stones that had been built into palaces.

In the silence, the ghost mother was also pondering.

What she pondered was not that a female ghost was about to come and snatch her husband from her, but that she wanted to know what Xiao Shizhu needed to pay for Qingqiu Country after Xiao Shizhu got this female ghost?

This is the strength of the ghost mother, no matter what, she can think about the long term, and will never limit her vision because of the shortcomings of her parents. It is precisely because of this that Xiao Shizhu not only loves her, but also appreciates her.

She knows very well that there is really no free lunch in the world, no premature birth and dinner for nothing, and no supper. Whoever wants to send you something for no reason must ask for something.

If you buy something, you will sell it, this is an eternal truth.

While the ghost mother was thinking, her eyes looked at the few fox ghosts in front of her, and after a while, she asked leisurely: "You Qingqiu Kingdom took the initiative to send female ghosts to our king, and we understand it, but I want to know that if our king accepts this female ghost, what kind of price will the Nine Ghost Kingdom pay?"

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Fuling, who was resentful and angry at these female ghosts who had sent her father, slowly opened her clenched fists and watched and listened quietly.

She suddenly had some admiration for her mother's heart, and couldn't help but look at the ghost mother.

"The Qingqiu Congress became a vassal state of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. The fox ghost at the head smiled indifferently, and still said unhurriedly: "Every year, the Qingqiu Kingdom will provide a large amount of grain, grass and materials to the Nine Shadows Country, but the Nine Shadows Country also has to provide firearms to the Qingqiu Country to equip the Fox Ghost Army. ”。

As soon as these words came out, the ghost mother squinted her eyes slightly, and said secretly in her heart: "Sure enough, there are conditions." ”。

"Your country's firearms are unique and famous in the underworld, and we must use them to protect the fruits of our labor, otherwise we will not be able to provide you with all kinds of supplies. After a pause, the fox ghost led by the fox raised his head slightly, and met the calm gaze of the ghost mother: "This transaction is very fair." ”。

The ghost mother was silent again, and after thinking about it carefully, there are indeed many types of firearms in her own country, and if you don't take out the trump card, it is okay to provide some firearms that are relatively backward in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, but are very advanced in other parts of the underworld, to Qingqiu Country.

Moreover, Qingqiu Country is located in Dongying Continent, and it is the next target of the Nine Secluded Kingdom after conquering Dongyi Continent. With such a vassal country here, it is equivalent to the Nine Shadows Kingdom has planted a nail in Dongying Continent and planted a springboard.

However, it was so easy to agree, but it was not good for the Nine Shadows Kingdom, so the ghost mother was only secretly a little happy, and her expression was still calm on the surface.

"The conditions are indeed fair, but since it is a female ghost and our king's marriage, our king must like and agree. After a pause, the ghost mother said slowly: "The king will discuss the next details with you in detail, and I will arrange for the ministers and sergeants to escort you to meet the king, and you had better bring the portrait of the female ghost with you, so that it is convenient for the king to see." ”。

"Thank you, Princess, Mother of the Nation. The fox ghost had a faint smile on his face, and once again bent his knees and bowed to the ghost mother.

The ghost mother didn't speak, just waved her hand and motioned for Qinglan to take them out. After a while, on the main hall of the huge Tianyang Palace, there were only the ghosts, Xiao Fuling, and Lai Yueqi and the three ghosts.

The gloomy ghostly aura swirled among the jade pillars of the main hall with the requiem incense rising from the incense burner.

The confused Xiao Fuling frowned, and asked her mother, the ghost mother, "Mother, aren't you looking for trouble for yourself?"

The ghost mother turned her head to look at her daughter, and after a smile appeared on the corner of her raised mouth, she shook her head slightly: "Do you want to say, in case that female ghost marries into the palace, she will compete with me and your moon mother in the future?"

Xiao Fuling nodded her head thoughtfully, and then asked, "Isn't it?"

"Yes, and Qingqiu Country's idea is not all our firearms, but also to plant their ghosts in our country. There is another point, if the female ghost also spoils your father's ghost fetus in the future, it is invisibly equivalent to letting the Qingqiu Kingdom have a foothold in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, if it is a male ghost again, they will definitely compete with you for the crown, these mothers can see it very clearly. The ghost mother's face was still flat, and she said bluntly without fear: "But your father is in urgent need of allies now, and my mother can't block his future and the future of the Nine Shadows Kingdom in order not to fall out of favor for herself." ”。

Lai Yueqi, who was on the side, also nodded her head again and again, and echoed Xiao Fuling, who was still confused: "Yueniang can't do this. ”。

"Once Qingqiu Country becomes our vassal country, it will become the base for the Nine Shadows Kingdom to enter Dongying Continent in the future. Take 10,000 steps back and say, in case the Qingqiu Kingdom is destroyed, the Nine Shadows Kingdom will also be able to play the banner of revenge for it in the future, and march into Dongyingzhou in a grand manner. The ghost mother beckoned to Xiao Fuling, and when her daughter stood beside her, her hand stroked her daughter's long hair, and said with pity in her eyes: "Mother is glad for this, glad that you can get an ally without sacrificing your happiness and future." ”。

Speaking of this, the ghost mother's face was filled with happy joy, even Lai Yueqi was the same. At first, they thought that Qingqiu Guo was going to marry her daughter, and the ghost people had thought of excuses and countermeasures in advance, but the peak loop turned too fast and too suddenly, and she didn't use these excuses and countermeasures, which made her feel that the most fortunate thing in today's day.

Xiao Fuling thought for a while, nodded as if she didn't understand, and asked, "Then will my father agree?"

There was worry in his eyes, and he lingered for a long time. What she is worried about is not herself, but the future of her mother and Yueniang.

"He won't for the sake of women. Without thinking about it, the ghost mother replied confidently: "But for the sake of the future of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, he will agree, and he will definitely strive for more favorable conditions for the Nine Shadows Kingdom." ”。

Xiao Fuling suddenly realized that this was her mother who wanted to deal with this matter, but after shirking it for a while, she handed over these envoys to her father.

That Xiao Shizhu has always been willing to take advantage, and it is difficult for him to suffer......

Dongyizhou Junzi Port.

At this time, it is no longer the Junzi Port of Xiazhou Kingdom, but the Junzi Port of Jiuyou Country. In the fleet of co-workers' sailors, small and medium-sized battlefields were docked in the harbor, and large warships were all docked in the harbor on Heisong Island.

The five Immortal Chariots had already fallen and stopped in the military camp of the Nine Shadows Kingdom on the shore. The forts that had been destroyed by the bombing had been repaired and rebuilt, and a steady stream of original artillery from Yunmengzhou and Daoshan Island in the Nine Shadows Kingdom had been placed on the rebuilt turrets.

Just ten days later, the entire Junzi Port is even more impregnable than before.

And it is located in the middle of the coastal area of Xiazhou State, and the co-working sailors and Xiancha can attack left and right, rushing to any coastal port in Xiazhou State, completely sealing all the materials of the Xudu Army in Xiazhou State, and also cutting off all foreign trade transactions in Xiazhou State.

The king of Xiazhou sent envoys many times to negotiate with Xiao Shizhu, who was stationed in Junzi Harbor and would no longer move his nest, no matter what conditions the other party proposed, Xiao Shizhu's condition was two words - to be a minister; otherwise, everything would not be negotiated.

As for the Xudu army in Xiazhou, a large number of their main forces were killed at the foot of Langya Mountain, and the rest were betrayed by the corpse of Yubi on the northern border, and they were also beaten to the point of losing their armor and had to retreat for fifty miles to rest.

But without material supplies, relying only on the meager grain and grass provided to them by the king of Xiazhou, most of the fierce ghosts in the county in the past had weakness in their limbs because they couldn't eat enough.

On this day, it was the fifteenth day of Xiao Shizhu's arrival here, and the foggy Junzi Port was stormy.

Xiao Shizhu sat on the edge of the fire pond, waved his hand at the soul of the person standing opposite him, and said with a smile: "Sit down and drink a cup of tea." ”。

This man with a long round face and a wide head full of wrinkles, and the wrinkles reveal the vicissitudes of life, the chest is wide and the back is thick.

His name is Xia Shiyuan, and he was a hundred chiefs of Xia Zhouguo in Junzi Harbor before. When the Nine Shadows Kingdom called, he was one of the few ghosts in the Xiazhou National Army who did not escape, but carried a knife to kill the Nine Shadows Army without hesitation, and slashed seven Nine Shadow National Army before being subdued by the Nine Shadows Army.

After he was captured, Xiao Shizhu heard about his bravery and personally untied him. Although Xia Shiyuan was not much moved, his hostility towards the Nine Shadows Kingdom also subsided a lot.

Since then, together with other troops from the Xiazhou Kingdom, he has helped the soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom to rebuild the fortifications in the port, and he has not made any more resistance.

Xia Shiyuan was stunned, and finally slowly sat opposite Xiao Shizhu, and after taking the teacup without saying a word, Xiao Shizhu had a smile on his face, and then slowly asked: "You are so brave, how can you be a hundred elders who manage a hundred ghost soldiers?"

"I have no military exploits and no background. There are people in Xiazhou who have backs, and they are all officials in the capital. After sighing lightly, Xia Shiyuan stared at the tea soup in the teacup in his hand, and whispered a little helplessly.

In the empty tent, there were only two ghosts, even if Xia Shiyuan's voice was soft, Xiao Shizhu also heard a bit of unbearability from it.

"One day, my army is overwhelmed, why don't you run away?" After a moment of silence, Xiao Shizhu looked at him again and asked slowly.

"There's no need to run away, death is the fate of every ghost soldier in the underworld who can't get the right to reincarnation, with its obscure old death, I might as well go and die in battle, but it is more vigorous." After a sudden pause, Xia Shiyuan smiled and raised his eyes slightly, met Xiao Shizhu's inquiring gaze, and replied indifferently: "At least this will give my comrades-in-arms who escaped a chance to survive." ”。

After speaking, he picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea.

Xiao Shizhu smiled and said nothing, but he still had some admiration for his remarks, and his vicious eyes made him recognize the soul in front of him after a moment, which was a ghost male.

There is no need to waste such a ghost.

So after a while, Xiao Shizhu looked at the other party with great interest, and slowly spoke: "The officialdom of the Nine Shadows Kingdom does not pay attention to the background background, but pays more attention to strength;

"This ......" raised his head again, and then Xia Shiyuan, who was speechless, had a few traces of expectation in his eyes, and there was a little bit of gratitude in it, but it flashed away.

"I won't let you go to war with your own compatriots, you don't have any burden, and after you agree, you will be escorted to the capital, and you will first study military disciplines in the palace. Xiao Shizhu, who couldn't hold his hands idle, carried the tongs and fiddled with the coals in the fire pit.